Looking for fun 1920s company Christmas party ideas? Planning a vintage wedding, either shotgun for this year or for next year and love the 40s or 50s? What about a birthday party? A vintage dance class can be a great way to get your party or event off to a…
Just look at the facial expressions at this 1920s hen party in Reading! These are the kind of fun faces that Charleston dance brings out in people! It really is a fun and frivolous dance, and something about that infectious music gets people smiling on the dance floor, and brings…
We certainly know how to get those hens swinging! Here’s a bunch of ladies doing a 1940s swing dance hen party in London and learning to smack the pony! A 1920s dance step in fact, but we do like to think that many of the earlier dance steps survived into…
There’s a video of one of our Charleston hen parties, the most Roaring Twenties of hen party dance classes. This one features an honarary rooster, proving that men can Charleston at a hen party too! This one took place in London! Click here to watch videos of our vintage dance…
Oh yes, it’s been a fun year. Dancing the Charleston in Cheltenham with cheeky brides to be… This group of ladies were great sports. They really were a well dressed 1920s hen party and were marvellous dancers. They went onto the Daffodil restaurant dressed like this, and must have felt the part…
Last month saw Charlestonites in Reading learning partnered Charleston with guest teachers Debra Tompkins and John Scanlon. People really enjoyed it and though it was a jump for some, to move from solo steps to learning about partnering techniques such as frame, breakaways and having to lead and follow, the…
I’m pleased to say that we’re currently running a partnered Charleston dance class at the Rising Sun Arts Centre in Reading! Wonderful teachers, Debra Tompkins and Jon Scanlon are teaching partnered moves, and ways of integrating these with solo moves. It’s a wonderful follow up to previous solo Charleston classes.…
Oh, it was a lovely afternoon! Here’s a picture of me in September at Rising Sun Arts Centre‘s marvellous tea dance. So far these events are biannual, but I can’t wait until the next one! Are you thinking of staging a vintage tea dance? What makes a good one? Well, first…
I went to the Age Concern intergenerational tea dance today at Shehnai in Reading. I’d been along to a research chat about the event with the organiser and a local lady who used to dance in Reading in the fifties. She told us that Shehnai used to be the Olympia Ballroom, where…
We’re back! Charleston Dance Classes in Reading for Autumn 2010 are at 7.30pm every Thursday at the Rising Sun Arts Centre on Silver Street in Reading, and started on 5th October. Charleston dancers please note that the class is a drop in, so you just turn up and pay £5/class.…
